All-Time Area Code Baseball Team

...Hills (Calif.) 2005 1st Rd. (5th pick) Grady Sizemore Cascade (Wash.) 2000 3rd Rd. (75th pick) Jim Edmonds Diamond Bar (Calif.) 1988 7th Rd. (169th pick) Torii Hunter Pine Bulff (Ark.) 1993 1st Rd...

Free agents who could very well be bargains

From Randy Johnson to Felipe Lopez to Juan Rivera, "Starting 9" highlights the free agents who could prove to be a nice value for a relatively bargain price.

El Hombre

Legendary status is well within the grasp of Albert Pujols. But the New Man in St. Louis lacks just one thing: a ring

Prominent hitters who may swing it in '09 or call it a career

From Jim Edmonds to Ken Griffey Jr. to Frank Thomas, Starting 9 looks at older, accomplished position players who might play in 2009 or decide to call an end to their careers.

Dempster among the Cubs' top offseason priorities

If the Cubs could import one ideal player, he would be a left-handed-hitting run producer/October team leader.

Edmonds not ready to call it quits

There was talk after the Cubs were knocked out of the playoffs that center fielder Jim Edmonds, a borderline Hall of Fame candidate, might have played his last game. But his agent, Paul...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2008

CHICAGO, IL- JULY 25: Outfielder Jim Edmonds #15 of the Chicago Cubs follows through on his swing after hitting the baseball against the...

Were 2008 playoffs a dud? Ranking the MLB postseasons

Some were legendary while others put us to sleep: Page 2 ranks all the MLB postseasons from 1995 to 2008.

The Simple Life

With a baseball in his hand, Roy Oswalt is in total command. So how come he's thinking about walking away from the game?

Cubs reward general manager Hendry with four-year extension

General manager Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs agreed Monday to a four-year contract extension through the 2012 season.

Phillies-Rays World Series at a glance

Steve Mitchell/US Presswire The Rays likely will face Phillies 14-game winner Cole Hamels (3-0 in postseason) in Game 1. SERIES THOUGHTS By Mark...

Not a crazy idea to think Edmonds belongs in Hall

I'm not going to quote myself on the Cubs' acquisition of Jim Edmonds; suffice to say I wasn't a big fan of the move. I was wrong about...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2008

Rays' Howell mixes his pitches with precision

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro strolled to the mound Friday with much at stake. Tampa Bay had a 3-2 lead in Game 2 of its American League Divis...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 05, 2008

Seriously, just coincidence or something more?

10 p.m. ET Cubs players and coaches may say they don't believe in curses, hexes and billy goats, but the events in Thursday's second inning may cause ...

Ramirez, Martin power Dodgers to 2-0 lead

After two duds by the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers look ready to run Chicago's championship drought to 100 years.